Hello,
I am writing a script in ksh(for HP Unix)where a user must answer to a question . So I want to know kow to test if the user do not answer , so if he enter "REturn".
I don't know how to test "space characters" or "empty characters
Thanks for your help (2 Replies)
Wondering what this line meant, especially the 2>&1 and ${RUN_DIR} parts:
${RUN_DIR}/<filename> 2>&1
Where <filename> is the location and name of a file. (1 Reply)
i want to add about 60 printers using a ksh script.
i am having trouble though, i am reading the input from the hosts file and using the lpadmin command to add like so:
lpadmin -p -v /dev/null -m netstandard -o dest=
i want printername and ipaddy to come from the hosts file, i am having... (1 Reply)
Hi Folks,
I would just like to know how recursion works in ksh or inside a shell in general. I created the following script, but it works(runs recursively) only for 64 times:
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#! /usr/bin/ksh
displaymessage()
{
echo "displaying count: $cnt "
echo "wait for 1 second..."... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am looking at a script, and it contains lines like:
if ]
...
This is getting me confused. Why do we need $ before (echo $* | egrep -c 'DG')? Why can't we simply have:
if ]
... i.e. no $ here before the ()...
Thanks.
J (3 Replies)
Hello,
I wanted to setup user friendly ksh command prompt, by typing first character of files or directories and then tab bring up whole word. No need to type whole file/directory/command names.
Example:
cat a file like university
just typing un and then tab bring up whole university wod.... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
This is an embarrassingly simple question and couldn't think of "keywords" to search for the answer, but how do I change my UNIX/KSH prompt to show the machine name and my "current" but not "full" directory?
For example: if the machine name is "machine" and I'm currently in... (4 Replies)
Hi all,
The below command tries to copy ".tgz" instead of "hello_test.tgz" -- It seems as if the underscore gets in the way. I tried with different ways of using quotes, with no luck, unfortunately...it's probably very simple, but may I ask how this would be done:
How would the below be... (3 Replies)
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COLORS(3) libbash colors Library Manual COLORS(3)NAME
colors -- libbash library for setting tty colors.
SYNOPSIS
colorSet <color>
colorReset
colorPrint [<indent>] <color> <text>
colorPrintN [<indent>] <color> <text>
DESCRIPTION
General
colors is a collection of functions that make it very easy to put colored text on tty.
The function list:
colorSet Sets the color of the prints to the tty to COLOR
colorReset Resets current tty color back to normal
colorPrint Prints TEXT in the color COLOR indented by INDENT (without adding a newline)
colorPrintN The same as colorPrint, but trailing newline is added
Detailed interface description follows.
Available colors:
Green
Red
Yellow
White
The color parameter is non-case-sensitive (i.e. RED, red, ReD, and all the other forms are valid and are the same as Red).
FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTIONS
colorSet <color>
Sets the current printing color to color.
colorReset
Resets current tty color back to normal.
colorPrint [<indent>] <color>
Prints text using the color color indented by indent (without adding a newline).
Parameters:
<indent>
The column to move to before start printing. This parameter is optional. If ommitted - start output from current cursor position.
<color>
The color to use.
<color>
The text to print.
colorPrintN [<indent>] <color>
The same as colorPrint, except a trailing newline is added.
EXAMPLES
Printing a green 'Hello World' with a newline:
Using colorSet:
$ colorSet green
$ echo 'Hello World'
$ colorReset
Using colorPrint:
$ colorPrint 'Hello World'; echo
Using colorPrintN:
$ colorPrintN 'Hello World'
AUTHORS
Hai Zaar <haizaar@haizaar.com>
Gil Ran <gil@ran4.net>
SEE ALSO ldbash(1), libbash(1)Linux Epoch Linux